open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib

confluent-kafka: simplify patching of Producer and Consumer

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Description

The current way of patching swaps the kafka classes with AutoInstrumented* versions, and then wrap their methods.
That has the drawback of not being able to patch (in tests at least) if these classes have already been imported. I guess we can patch the kafka classes directly as the other instrumentations usually do.

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Start by reading the current confluent-kafka instrumentation patching implementation and its tests, especially cases where Producer or Consumer was imported before patching. Compare the existing approach with other instrumentations that patch classes directly. Done means patching works for already-imported classes and the relevant tests pass.

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Tech stack
kafka, python
Domain
distributed-systems
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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